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  <element id="psmt_TwoThousandSeventeenDividendDeclaredMember" name="TwoThousandSeventeenDividendDeclaredMember" nillable="true" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
  <element id="psmt_PreOpeningCostsReturns" name="PreOpeningCostsReturns" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
  <element id="psmt_NumberOfStoresExpectedInFuture" name="NumberOfStoresExpectedInFuture" nillable="true" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
  <element id="psmt_NewAccountingPronouncementsPolicyNotYetAdoptedPolicyTextBlock" name="NewAccountingPronouncementsPolicyNotYetAdoptedPolicyTextBlock" nillable="true" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
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  <element id="psmt_TwoThousandSeventeenSecondDividendPaidMember" name="TwoThousandSeventeenSecondDividendPaidMember" nillable="true" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
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  <element id="psmt_ExitOrDisposalCostObligationsPolicyTextBlock" name="ExitOrDisposalCostObligationsPolicyTextBlock" nillable="true" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
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  <element id="psmt_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReductionInSubLeaseIncome" name="OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsReductionInSubLeaseIncome" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="credit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
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  <element id="psmt_ForeignExchangeForwardThreeMember" name="ForeignExchangeForwardThreeMember" nillable="true" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
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  <element id="psmt_ForeignExchangeForwardFiveMember" name="ForeignExchangeForwardFiveMember" nillable="true" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
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  <element id="psmt_AdditionalRepaymentsOfLongTermDebt" name="AdditionalRepaymentsOfLongTermDebt" nillable="true" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="credit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
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</xsd:schema>
